Q: Is 42,312 a Prime Number?
A: No, 42,312 is not a prime number.
A prime number is a natural number, greater than one, that can only be divided by 1 and itself.
The number 42312 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 8 12 24 41 43 82 86 123 129 164 172 246 258 328 344 492 516 984 1,032 1,763 3,526 5,289 7,052 10,578 14,104 21,156 and 42,312, with no remainder.
Since 42,312 cannot be divided by just 1 and 42,312, it is not a prime number.